Men "The Master" Nguyen opened for 1,700, the small blind called and Jeff Williams raised to 4,500. Nguyen insta-raised with a 20,000 stack of 1,000 chips, the small blind folded and Williams moved in for just over 25,000. Nguyen called and tabled and Williams held .
The board ran and Williams scored big double up to 52,000. Nguyen slipped to around 40,000.
Christina Lindley had spent most her afternoon grinding a smaller stack. She's knocked out two players in the last ten minutes, chipping up considerably.
Lindley opened for 1,500 from under the gun and was called by the button and both blinds. The flop fell and it was checked to her. Lindley fired 3,800 and the players that didn't believe her raise now folded and she dragged another pot. She's up to 55,000.
We caught action on the flop between Tristan Wade and an opponent with the flop . The player in the big blind checked and Wade bet 1,325. His opponent made the call. The came on the flop and his opponent checked again. Wade bet 2,100 and his opponent called. The hit on the river.
The player in the big blind checked, Wade bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. Wade flipped over for a queen high flush and his opponent folded his hand into the muck.
In the last hand before the color up break a monster hand developed on Table 1. The under the gun player limped, the button limped, Tristan Wade completed in the small blind and Jean-Robert Bellande checked in the big blind.
The flop came and action checked to the UTG player, who jammed for 11,300. The button called, Wade folded and Bellande also shoved, having over 46,000. The button called Bellande's all in and the hands were tabled.
UTG:
Button:
Bellande:
The turn came and river fell . Bellande's full house took both pots and is around 104,000.
A player in early position raised it up preflop to 1,400, Lauren Kling re-raised to 3,300, the early position player re-raised to 7,100 and Kling moved all in and got called.
Kling had against the of the early position player.
The board ran out and after a count, it was found that Kling was actually left with 225 chips. Only two double ups until she has a whole big blind!
Chris Moorman has chipped up significantly since we saw him last. He was in a hand against the small blind with a board of . Moorman bet 3,600 after a check and the small blind called. The turn came , the small blind checked and Moorman bet 8,700. The small blind tanked, staring at Moorman for a read, who kept his usual stare straight down at the table. The small blind folded and Moorman dragged the pot, chipping up to around 90,000.
Mohsin Charania has been quietly near the top of our chip counts all day but just won a big all in preflop with vs to knock out Jon Eaton and leave him with 110,00
Charania is now just one of a handful of players with over 100,000 and he is primed to make a deep run.
Lex Veldhuis opened from under the gun for 1,600 and the player on his left called. Action folded all the way around and the flop came . Veldhuis bet 2,200 and was called. The turn came , Veldhuis checked and the UTG+1 player bet 4,200. Veldhuis looked at his opponent and tossed his cards in the muck, still with 75,000 in his stack.